THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , DECEMBER 3 , 18 8 T\VENTY PAGES. & co. Farqaip 1319 Farijaift Street. JL Co Tomorrow is our great : opening Sale of Toys and Holiday Goods , The presents you want at the prices you like are all included in our splendid line of Toys , Dolls , Albums , Fancy Goods and Novelties. We are glad to welcome visitors , pleased to show our goods. and "ready to make close prices to all. ' / t Following are a few suggestions , from our mammoth stock. 1COO Kid Body Dolls , with line heads , Flno Dressed Dolls , H Drums , llnely 1 11 h o- Weedon's Knglnes. n , bisque , Inches lone , ngroat doll , grnphed sides , ulwuys ac splendid tov for a boy of a ( lowing Imlr 10c each , for the inonoy , ! ) ! ) c , worth ceptable to tilts boys , 25 ; mechanical turn of mind. worth . I5o . ; others up to 62.00. to $2.515 each. PrlccsfiomlOcto $12.1)5 ) , $1.05 each. OF Al/L KINDS Prom 25cto $2,95 ieS Styll BABIES' FINE OF KINDS. EVERY CiJSL WANTS TO DO HER OWN WASHING- Price , frQin 25c to 99c PLUSH , WOOD ani CELLULOID FINE FOLDING TOILET CASES gBfr i- IN PLUSH , CELLULOID , \YOOD , Etc , IN GREAT VARIETY. AN ELEGANT ASSORTMENT Prom lOc to 99c. Boys' and Girls' Sleds in aBig Variety , from 35o,49c , A PLEASING TOY FOR the BOYS From 79c to $9.85 Each. 69c and Upward. At 3:9c to $4.95 each. lOc each ; worth 25c The advantages of early shopping cannot be eves estimated. Buy now. Get the benefit of a full assortment and avoid the rush and crush of the two weeks r ' . .before Christmas. Pick from , most emphatically , the best and lowest priced stockIn the city. Mail orders promptly attended to. THE 99 CENT STORE BLIGHTED BY FETID BAUBLES C . Shocking : Miseries of American Women * Wedded to Titles -AN APPALLING RECORD BRIEFLY SKETCHED I'ortunr , IlupplncM , Honor , Kvon T.ICo sac rificed on tin ! Altar of Coiipumiliie An- glonmnlii The Tlrto UncliocKOcl by Sorrow's Tours. Dispatches from abroad are again weighted with the \yoos of American woman wedded to titles. The latest victim of titled avarice is the daughter of Mrs. John \V. Mackay , who has ap plied for soimratum from her husband , friiico Colonna of Italy. The story of her marital miseries does not differ inn- torlally from scores of American women who sacrificed happiness , honor , oven life , for fetid aristocracy with bankrupt titles. Prince Colouna was a sport , and money was necessary to gratify his pas sion. An income of $175,000 a year pro vided by the print/ess was insufficient. Then followed taunts , cuffs and kicks , eliding In doburliou and divorce. The record of international matrimonial menial alliances show that misery is the rule , hnpninctis the exception. There is a preponderance of evil over good. The decayed aristocracy of Europe , bankrupt in manhood and money , are not blumu- bio for taking advantage of the Ameri can cru/.o for titles. In * expressive phrase of the btroot , they are out for Htuff. and generally got it. The respoh- slblllty rests on the moneyed aristocracy and the vanity which does not hesilato to saorllluo young women and fortunes for the prestige of foreign connection. Happily the number of ready victims is diminishing. Notalilo Instiiicu : , Headers of newspapers recull the marital miseries of the daughter of General Grant. But lot them pass. lie is dead. Collls P. Hnntington paid out about $2,000,000 in settling tlio debts of Prince Hat/.foldt , n'nort , rounder and rquo , before his inarriago to Clura Pren tice , lluntlngton'tf adopted daughter. Of the happiness of this alliance tlio less said the better. The fate of Margaret Puller , tlio countcsH d'Ossoll , who was drowned with her babe and her husband in tlio bark Mexico off tlio Long Island coast , has never been cited as an instance of tlio misfortune resulting from such alliances. But who made such a inntTingo and whal an awful pcquoncu there was ! Mrs. Gallutiu of Now York married the Count do Ohabot in Juno , 1888. She sued for separation on tlio ground ol positive eruolty and violent temper , \Vlio forgets the wretchedness of Con- fiuelo Yxnasja us Liuly Mmulovillo ? Tlio meretricious career of Miss Blakcnv ol Brooklyn as Mine. Muzunl ? Miss fiay- ard of Delaware was the widowed Coun tess' Lowoiiluitipt hufora the orange blos soms had withered. Huron I. 1A Lager- felt , Swedish consul in Pittaburg , mar ried Miss Mollie Doty of Stoubonvillc , O. , was shortly ( afterward charged will forgery ntul hud hU property uttaohet for $17,000. .Miss Fannie Fuller of Phila delphia , the reputed heiress of the Chase millions , gave her hand to the Marquis do. Boyer d'Eguilloj ho sunk to hbioct poverty in the pursuit of those umUoiig and was arrested for debt Count Piotro Dotto II Galllau do Mis- sana Cimbar was Biiod in Now York courts by ) ils American wife /or abau donmont. Ruftm Ogden , ox-postmastoi ol Koyport , had his daughter , the Conn tcss'de Vero , committed to the Door o lope in Brooklyn a year aso. The count had deserted her. Count D. P. Julia married Miss Minor , a Harlem jirl , about live years ago. She returned o her father's liouso last fall. An Appnllliic List. The matrimonial adventures of Mine. do Stuors are still in progress. The luehess of Marlborough has failed of ior high aim , a standing at court. The Marquiho Lanza and the Marquise San Mnr/ano live in Now York , but , whoever over hears of their husbands ? The San Marzanos live under different roof a. The Countess Koochijay , Mia Seovol of Camden - don , N. .T. , is a grass widow her hus band having been convicted of bigamy. Countess Stmnpf , whoso husband was royally received- German circles in Now York , where lie married her , is now cooking for a living , while ho has licen within a s hort time a waiter in an Asbury Park hotel. The woes of tno Duellos D'Auxy , an American girl , have boon more than once the subject of news paper fcoinmont. Who hasn't heard of the matrimonial vicissitudes of Miss Adele Sampson , who was successively Mrs. Frederick Livingston of Now York and Duchess do Dltiu ; the poverty and wretchedness of Miss Constable , the lovely Maryland girl who became "Baroness von Sucrow ; " of the woes of the C'ountesB Kaisertroti , and of the unhappiness - happiness of the Countess do Koppolij a Poughkcopsio girl ; of Countess do Batonyi , Miss Smith of Ponghkcopsie , deserted by her- husband : Sarah Strothor of Kentucky , Baroness Fahnonborg , said to have bccomo Insane ; Virginia Knox of Pittsburg , "Countess di Montorcole , " beaten , abiiHcd and divorced ; Mrs. Nellie Cooper of Milwaukee , Countosa Segardi , wife of a pauper Roman noble , mother of Mrs. Florence Miller , who , in Decem ber , 18111 , shocked the country by going deliberately into a brothel : .Signorina KohlgUutti. who was Miss Hoskell , beaten and divorced ; Baroness von Blucher , Miss Alma Loob of Brooklyn , abandoned and widowed ; of Countess NorraiUow of Now York , whoso husband is in an insane asylum in Now York ? The marquis of Anglesey , who married a daughter of Hon. J. P. King of Georgia , for years led a pecuniarily precarious - carious existence ; his American wife had the pleasure of reading in the news papers about the schemes by which ho avoided Borvicc of a summons on him. Oneo ho assaulted the process server. Mrs. Isaac M. Singer , who.se 11 rat hus band made a fortune in sewing machines , had a nobleman among her spouses. lie was the hecond , a Belgian violinist , who called himself Vlbcomto d'Esuinobourg ' at llrrit mid Duo do Cumposollco after ward. When an American woman really wants a titled husband she has boon known , time and time again , to take his title on tnibt , and not to complain If ho creates it himself. The duchess has Jnit married again , M. Paul Sohogo being the groom. Kick * and CulT * . Count Edward do Bonyons , the pro prietor of a Spanish hotel in Now York , was , on November 20 , 1888 , arraigned before Police Justice Duffy on the charge of assaulting Ids wife. Mrs. Be'nyons was Miss Josephine Btopliouson when she fell in love with the count and Ids title. She said in court that lie had threatened to poison her and her baby , and that she had belluvod him to bo i buna lido Spanish nobleman when she married him. When Miss Clara Ynrd'of Detroit was wedded on May 20 , 1890 , to Prince Joseph Chlmay Caraninn in Paris , the cable dispatches said much regret was felt at seeing this young and beautiful girl entering a family which lias one. o ; the worst reputations in all Europe. Tlio old Prince do Chlmay lookei thoroughly worn out witli loose living The grandson of Field Marshal von Blucher , himself a count , married Miss Alma Loob of Brooklyn in Detroit last Fitly. _ His Gorman relatives dlsinher- ted him , it was then announced , in consequence - . sequence of his marriage. Ho died in , ho February following of the grip , in 'modest lodgings" in Now York. His American countess was not by his sido. ' ? athor Goyor said that on' his death- Jed the count ho was a real ono said : iis murriagajfcwas a "trick. " The conntuss went to Denver to live long enough in Colorado to get a divorce. Baron L F. Lagerfolt , Swedish vice consul at Pittsburg , married on Decem ber 12 , 1884 , MlSs Mollie Doty , daughter of Mr. Calvin B. Doty of Steubonvillo , O. , ono of its wealthiest and most re spected citizens. The baron's oflleial position guaranteed the authenticity of his title. Miss Doty was a hello , happy , I'ich and hanilsoinc. Baron Lagorfolt's father , said to bo a colonel in the Royal Guard , nont a cablegram of cop.gratuln- tlon from Stockholm , and tlio presents were "magnificent. " Here , surely , was an international alliance of which only a good outcome could bo expected. But on August 27,1890 , the Allegheny and Keystone National banks of Pittsburg entered milts aggregating $17,000 against Baron Lagerfoll , charging him with forgery. It was enid ho had bor rowed money on forged cortilicatos of stock of tlio Jefferson Iron works. His fathor-in-law , Mr. Doty , was ono of the largest shareholders in the JolTerson Iron company. IliiViintoil Wealth. Baroirvon Malt/.ahnof Berlin married Miss Maggie McDowell of Charlotte , N. C. On December 15 , 1889 , from Friedrlehstrasso , 197 , ho wrote to an adventurer in San Francisco , named Ro- muyer , that ho was an active olllcor in the Prussian Second regiment ol Guards , was in debt and wanted a rich American wife. The kaiser dismissed , him from the Borvico on learning of this latter. On Ills marriage to Mlsn McDowell the next your lie wild ho had "resigned" from the Gorman army , because his brldo didn't euro to live abroad. Just before the wedding ho wrote to his ilanco that it would "bo impossible" for them "to marry unless"8ho was wealthy. Her brother wrote back that she had $1,000 a year. The disgraceful wrangle between fiig- nor Robigliata , a gentleman of the Italian court , and his American wife , the daughter of a well known gunmnkor , Ileskoll , was for months a continental Kcandnl. MlhS Ileskoll married her husband nlno years ago , and , like-many of his kind , ho turned out a "blackguard and u brutoand treated her most shame fully. Abnut sixteen months ago ho die appeared with their only child , a girl now 7 years of ago , The wife then de manded an act of separation , hut after ward asked for a full divorce. Baron John C , Von Hoholllhn married in Now York a year or two ago. Editor Frederick of the Swedish Proas says ho is a gonulno baron , son of a member ol the Rolchstag , The baron , u line look ing man of about 35 years , was arrested a few mouths since on the complaint of a Now York hotel for not paying his board bills. The hotel keeper said that the baron and his American baroness had "sloped , " leaving an empty trunk. Miss Wllllamuna Constable of Balti more was greatly admired for her beauty and accomplishments. She was married to Baron F. 13. O. Von Suerow by Mayoi Fltlor of Philadelphia , September 18 , 1888. Ho also Bald his father was an otilcor in the Gorman army. Baroness Suerow began , a few weeks after the ceremony , to write homo to her friends for inonoy enough to live on , Ho plun dered and deserted her in the mosl Bhumoful manner. llute Uoierteri. The petition to the court of common ) leas in Now York recently filed by Countess Marie Stumpf asks for a divorce from Count Louis Stumpf , who came from Germany about' ten years ago on account of an affair of honor. On his arrival hero the count's handsome11 pres ence , ready tongue and quick wit soon von him a way into-Gorman society. Ho was a member of the Arion. the Liodor- cranz and other Now York clubs. Ho 'oil in love with Marie , the soubrette of the Thalia theator. The marriage was solemnized on February 12 , 1889 , says the complaint , and as the count still had considerable money the honeymoon shown with dazzling splendor. The count undertook to remedy his lack of 'unds by opening u inonoy broker's olllco , where ho dealt in railway and steamship tickets. The countess , who was eom- polled to support herself , consulted u lawyer and a complaint was served on the count asking for a divorce. The count did not stop to interpose an answer , because , it is said , ho was in financial trouble which rendered his absence from the city imperative , and the countess got her divorce by do- fault. The last heard of the count ho was u waiter in a restaurant. Twelve years ago Miss Lizzie Ogden , then hardly more than 10years oldi was ono of the holies of Keyport. Her father was wealthy. At a reception Hho mot a young man who was introduced as Count do Voro of Holland. Tlio count was rich , according to his own computa tion , and Lizzie Ogden consented to elope with him. Tlio couple were mar ried , and then the count appealed to his father-in-law to aid him in getting a lucrative place. Mr , Ogden did not respond spend cordially , and the count and coun tess sailed for Europe. Shortly after their return the count deserted his wife , and Hho , to drown her Borrows , it was said , Bought refuge in drink. London , PnriH and Rome , Philadelphia and Pittsburg have heard from time to time of the borrows of Miss Virginia Knox of Pittsburg , who married a man she believed to bo the "Count dl Mon- torcoli. " Tlioro was a great wedding and a bridal tour abroad. In Paris aho had to call on the hotel people to pro tect her from her husband's blows blows given to enforce his drunken do- munds for money.-lilts attacks on the character of his injured wife after her return to this oMnltry were BO out rageous as to lead to an inquiry into his Bimltv. At last lie , was arrested and imprisoned in Philadelphia. 'William Somors.'o'f , Atlantic City , pat entee of ilia roundabout wheels which arose so common ut oastornTesom , , has.soourod a verdict against tho'Foms Wheel company of Chicago for an inffhrgemcnt of his patent. 1 ho case wu * triad 'in ' thu circuit court at Chicago and afterward carried to the United Slates court In Phlliwlelphla , where evldoiico was taken some weeks ago , Mr , Ferris on the witness standHtcdtillcd that In Ib'.U ' ho was In Atlantic CioV and rode on ttio Som- crs wheel , Ho connldored It a popular amusement , and afUn-tvurds built from this suggestion the blg < J Ferris wheel. The court has not yet /tixcu the amount of dttinuBos on royalty- The "No. U" Wheeler & Wilson , with Us perfected tenlsons. upper and lower , Is the only lock-stitch machine that makes an elastic seam. It is the dressmaker's favorite on that account. Sold by Geo. W Lancaster & Co. , 514 South Sixteenth btrcot. For the last t > ix months the trustees of the State University of Illinois have been urging President Sloeum of Colorado college - lego to accept the presidency of that Institu tion , offering him a much larger salary than that which ho Is receiving fn ills present position. But ho has declined the pfter and will remain where ho Is a decision which will bring satisfaction to all friends of higher education in the weat. A picnic is not complete without BOUIO Cook's oxt-j Dry Imperial Champagne. A lunch with it is lit for the gods. Highest award , diploma aud modal , Columbian ox. WAR'S.BRISTLfflC ' BATTERIES Llrazil's Improvised Fleet Moving On the Revolutionary Mello. DEFAILS OF THE NEW YOHK CONTINGENT A Formidable Collection of Ships with Modern Armiimaiit Anil Jlany Ameri cana un Guard A , ( Ircuc Nuvul Ilnt- tlo Kagcrly Anticipate ! . The departure of two Brazilian war cruis ers , the Niethcroy and America , from Now York for the beleaguered city ol Hio ilo Janeiro , is an event of great interest , partic ularly in naval circles. Both vessels were purchased and outfitted in Now York. They are unarmoreil , but what they lack in this respect is made up in speed and the most de structive armament. The backbone of the Brazilian revolution Is the navy commanded by Admiral Mollo. With possibly three exceptions , Brazilian men-of-war nro maimed by supporters of Admiral Mcllo. The loyal ships are use less at the present mdmont.ono being block aded by a portion of Mollo's IIcot in ports south of Hio , and two In Kurope. So far accounts agree that Mcllo has boon unable to effect a iandhnr at or near Hio. and has settled down to a spasmodic bombardment/ of the city. The land forces remain loyal to President Polxoto. Tlio suiecss of the revo lutionists depends on effecting a lundlngiwlth Bullieiont force to capture the city , for in that event it Is i-Uimcd Mollo would obtain u formidable following and overturn the government. President Pclxoto , on the other hand , controls the ports and land forces , but hitherto has been unable to cope with the navy. This ho hopes to do with the Hoot collected abroad , and no moans have been spared to secure the best arma ment as well as the bravest and most experi enced ofllcers null seamen. ( jrcul Onus In Aotlon. The coming battle Is expected to dcclilo the fate of the present ( government of Ura- /llor that which Mollo has in view. To outsiders tlio chief interest lies In the test which the battle will afford of the relative merits of the swift umirmored vessels with torpedo anddytmmltoRuns and tlio unwieldy warship. Since ICrlesson's chccsobox Htoiinuul Into Hampton Hoails ami same the .Mcrrfmnc there have been comiiaratlvoly few tests of the men-of-war which that event inaugurated. Naval contests have been few and insignificant. In fact , so raoid have been the changes In naval construction ana armament oven In ton years that calcu lations on the outcome of a naval battle now nro purely Bpeeulutivo , Some J'liin Shooting Irou , The Nlctheroy , formorlya merchantman of 4,500 tons , U armed with a llfteen-lncU dynamltu irun of thn Xnllnski typo. Captain Xulinsld says this gun can bo llred over tv range extending from 2.BOU yards to 4fiOO yards with the gun sot at an anglo of thirty degrees , and that tlio projectile could bo dropped at will at points butween tlio 2,500 and 4,500-yard positions by Hio simple closing of the valve. At the short range a charge of MX ) pounds can bo thrown , the amount dimin ishing toflfty poiuidftat tholnttcr range. The charge explodes on striking water or a solid substance and the shock will destroy Ilfo within a radius of iiOO feet , In addition tbo equipment includes tlirco types of torpedoes the Kims-Edison , the Whltoheud and the llowoll , all worked by oloctrlcity , and capable - blo of blowing a liolo in whatever solid nub- stance they strike ; a number oC rapid and a large supply of ammunition. A JCumilnir Malts The armament of the America consists of four 7-inc'h Hlles , mounted forward on the main deck , two 11-poundors mounted aft on the main deck , four 0-poundors mounted on olthor Dido of the main declc , iwo 1-poundors mounted forward of the 0- pounders on the main dock , and two llowoll torpedo tubes mounted amidships on the main deck. ID the forward angles of the upper dock art ) two G-pounders , with half- stool protective shields , and four 1-pounders are mounted on the upper deck forward anil aft. In the eyes of the ship are two more Hovroll tubes. The America car ries suupiios for six months. The America goes out with n remarkably line complement of oftleers and crow , the latter numbering 154 , all told. Not all of them , however , will go into the naval serv ice of Brazil after reaching that country , for It Is positively known that nt least ono , Cniof Steward C. TJ. Packard , who was a major on the confederate side of the late war , has made arrangements to go Into the army instead. American * on Guiiril. Major Packard was born * in HlchtnondVu. , in 1837. Ho was in the confederate service from beginning to end. Ills major's certili- crito bears the signature of Jefferson Davis. Seven of his brothers , together with his father , perished in the lost cause. The America's commander. Captain James A. Cr ssmun , was also in tlio late war. lie served with distinction in the federal navy. Captain Grossman was born In Hudson , N , Y , , fifty years ago. Ho has been a seaman thirty-live years , during twenty-seven of which ho has been a master mariner. In the mot-chant marine his experience covers service aboard famous clipper ships and for the Old Dominion and the late United States and Brazil lines. Captain Grossman was in the East Indies when the war broke out. On his return ho entered the navy. Ho served on the Chcnango , n doublc-ciidei' , and was then ordered to the monitor "Manhattan , thoneo to the Chlcopco , another doublc-cnder. He saw n great deal of dangerous service and at length was acting ensign at the capture of Plymouth. The executive ofllcor of the America , the old ' 'Britannia of Boston , " Is Thomas O'Halloran , who is the nautical export in the United States hydrographlo olllce in Now York. Ho has signed an agreement by which , It is said , ho will receive $100 a month , lie will have charge of tin ; America when slio is in irctlon. Ho is yeura old , a native of Pennsylvania and a graduate with high honors of the naval academy at Annap olis.Tho The four watch ofllccrs are lieutenants J. Q. Dillon , W.V. . Hussol ) , W. 1) . D.uton and Irving Bloimt , m the order mentioned. They nro all Annapolis men ; Lieutenant mount of the class or inanil Mcutonant Hussoll of the claHs of ' 81. The latter is a nephew of Hear Admiral Uussctl , U. S. N. , retired. His father was a captain of marines. Captain Grossman's mates are II , Cross- man , his son , and VV. W. Woods , ( jcorgo II , Caloman will bo chief engineer and T. C , Orady paymaster. The chief of the surgical department is Dr , J. P. Kamlull. His assistant is Dr. W. .J , Hanford , who is well known In the eastern district of Brook lyn , where two of his uncles are physicians of long standing. Ho in a graduate of a college In this city , and has studied both In Paris and Imlon , W. ,1. Moouoy is the apothecary and surgical nurse of the America , The IK-Urnyiir. The Nlctheroy and America will bo fol lowed hi u few days by tin ) snhinariiio gun vessel , -Destroyer , t to last infernal ma chine planned and built by Captain ICricsson. It will bo commanded by Captain Slociim Captain Sloeum Is an enthusiast ! ' ] admirer of Ericsson and theDjHtro.vnr , Having sailed all the way from JJra/ll to tills coun try in a boat only one-third the Biro of the Destroyer , ho Is confident of being able to lulco the famous submarine wonder safely to Jir.i/ll. In February. ISsfi , ho sailed from Now York in the bark AipiUlncok bound for .Montevideo , with it cargo of can oil , Ho was botii commander ami owner , anil his wife and two children were aboard with him. When in Br.uillan willow and ready for service the Doitroyor will carry a battery of two slx-pouimer and two one-pounder rapid- lire guns , In addition to the submarine gun. The Hotchklss guns which the Destroyer will carry are Intended as a defense against torpedo boat attack. The main reliance of the Destroyer for otteiislvo work Is concen trated In the submarine gun. Where the Jleot will rendezvous is a mys- turv. it is surmised they will bo heard of next at Gibraltar or some olhor western Ku- rope an port. At Toulon there are the two Brazilian war ships , Hiachuelo and Benja min Constant , They are loyal to the Bra/il- Ian president. There appears to bo some doubt over tlio dopvmleiica which can bo in the oftlccrs of the lilachuclo and Benjamin Constant. Because of till there Is reason , it is said , that the Nis < lo and America should keep in coinpaotllc " the Toulon vessels. " > ' Tlio Hiachuelo Is the largest ' " ' " ' ' powerful vessel tb. . , , , 1'i llu Admiral ' . Mollo's flagship Acpildiibaii. - The flvo torpedo boats rcco , , . | , . , , , , i-i in Europe for the Hi-ailllm , An M\ " " " ! " ' ' ' ' ul" ll Tim'n' o'luo'nr ° - xiiu ii \ o imu uu biiu llinifQ of this Soli It * 111 11 works at Ulhlng , Oomianv From wli'-it can bo learned it is tbo p , , , . , , of the u . zllian governmotit to order thcso boats to Bra/11 under the convoy of. warships. The Evangelical alliance will hold Its Jubl- leo in Ixmdou in IbOU , where It was organ ized In 1840. The island of Trinidad has flvo ordained foreign missionaries , two ordained natives , four foreign teachers , lifty-two schools , with 4W1 ! pupils eurolluil. The proposition has boon made that a Christian Jubilee bo held In the year 1DUO to celebrate the triumphs of Christianity during the 1'JOO years of its history. On Thanksgiving day llabbi Heeht of Milwaukee preached in a prominent Methodist - odist church of that city , and Uav Dr. Halsov , the pastor of another Mothodlst church , preached hi a Jewish syiiago tio. It has Been estimated that the Christian people of our country expend for all pur poses together , pas torn , meeting-houses , Sunday schools , bible societies ami missions of alt Kinds un nverago of about * ( ! per member. Miss Hay Frank of Oakland , Gal. , is to bo ordained soon as a rablii of the Jewish church , mid will bo the llrst of her sex , It is saill , to occupy such a position Shu has boon stud.ving at tlio Calllornia State uni versity find at the Hebrew L'nloii college at Cincinnati , The Inloreolh'glnto Young Men's Christian association , started at Princeton sixteen years ago , lins now a membership of itd.OOd students from 151) ) American and Canadian colleges , anil alhO bus Its agents who are promoting tlio work among the colleges of Europe and Asia. The ropot'fof tlio governor of Oklahoma shows a population of iriliill : in thu territory proper , ami 100,000 In the CheroUeo Strip , There are I ) Episcopal , Iu7 > Mothodlbt , ' 'fl Baptist , ! il Congregational , ' - ! . " ) Catholic and 1M Presbyterian churches , ilEpwortli leagues and 50 Christian Endeavor sot-Ictlcs The Twelfth Presbyterian church of Hal- tlmoro , ono of the largest mid most Inlliicn- tml In that presbytery , has announced its determination to secede from the Presby terian church on account of thu action of thu general assembly hi regard to Dr llriggs , Thu pastor , I ) . 1) ) . Grolgg , D D , has long bacn a pronounced liberal , and tlio largo ma jority of his congregation support him In hH views. John H. Miller , who died recently at Whitehall , N. Y. , was tiio only son of Wil liam Miller , known long ago as "Prophet Miller. " The ' 'prophet" was the founder of the Second Adventlsl seet , and the preacher of the scronil coming of the I.oni , wliosu prophecies created such a great stir In thu first part of this century , and won many adherents , Ho died In IS-i'.i. His son John was 71 years old at the tlmo of hlx death , and a strong adherent of his father's views. Honian Catholicism H spreading rapidly In tlio tlireu .Scandinavian kingdoms which have boun regarded ever uiuco thudaysof King Oustaviis of Sweden as the btronghold of Pioicstantlsm , Sogicat Is the number ol proselytes that the Vatican ban Just placed Denmark , Sweden and Norn-ay under thu pastoral care of three bishops. As iibual , a feature of the work of propagation In tlia establishment of a largo number of parochial schools , whiTu the younger generation of Scandinavians are being educated in accord- unco with tlio doctrine : ! of tlio Catnollu church. London has gone wild ever n now pianist from Austria. His name Is Wains and hli hair U longer tnau I'.iderownki's , Ifo U the most striking hirsute chrysanthemum now before thu public , Ono word describes It , "porloc.tloii. " W"ra or to Do Witt's Witch Ha < ulKalruouroi pile *